Extremely hot recording levels and less-than-stellar soundboard equipment made for a somewhat acoustically-challenged recording. If I remember correctly, the soundboard might have had twelve working channels, and one 1/8" stereo fixed-level recording output. Far from state-of-the-art. Almost too far out to be listenable. The first set is nearly impossible to enjoy, both for its sluggish playing and the constant haze of distortion. Most of the second set, whence these highlights come, is much clearer, yet far from perfect. Mike Marat's guitar is so high in the mix that your ears might start bleeding if you listen for too long.

Allow for some variations in the mix through Shakedown Street; from the (really pretty) jam in Playin' through the Playin' Reprise, it's a good listen. Truckin' and Spoonful are a little overloaded at points, but the Stella Blue is a nice calm spot before the recording fades out.

In remastering this show, I was very conscious of the fact that I've only made available a small section of the performance. Nevertheless, I believe that I have preserved both the highlights of the show and the only listenable section.

It's pretty interesting to listen to the way the band sounded less than two years into its existence, off on an adventure on a cold, lonely, dusty night in Middle-Of-Nowhere, Indiana.

But it was fun. And -loud-.